This is the week where the Final Fate of many TV shows is dealt out – and there’s actually good news – in fact a LOT of it! Plus something green is singing and dancing on Broadway, and it isn’t Shreck and STAR TREK blasts forward for another big BO weekend. PRESS THE BUTTON to…
YIVO’s “Comics and the Jewish American Dream” interview series (moderated by Danny Fingeroth) concludes tonight at 7:00 pm with Harvey Pekar, creator of American Splendor. Go and see where Joaquin Phoenix learned how to behave on Letterman. Admission at the door has been dropped to $10. All you have to do is say the secret…
We are back and barely unpacked from New York ComicCon 2009 and we brought you some surprises already starting with the coolest Comic iPhone app so far, plus DC revives The Doom Patrol yet again, Mike Gold talks comic economics plus The Five Cool Things in comic shops this week. Not enough? Then wait until…
More than likely you or someone you know would love to make a film, but those first steps are the hardest. Meet Yasmine Zapp who got her horror film, Darksound, on the screen and she shares the secrets here, plus: New Harry Potter Trailer this weekend A Thor cartoon X-Men First Class the movie Press…
So I was waiting for a subway yesterday after visiting my local comics store, and I heard a voice behind me say "Glenn!" I turned around and didn’t see anybody. Then I looked down. Lo and behold, there was Jill Friedman, fundraising director for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. "Glenn, let me ask you,…
We just received word that The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art is opening a retrospective in honor of Kim Deitch’s distinguished career. The exhibition will run from September 9 through December 5 at MoCCA in Manhattan. According to a press release: “Kim Deitch: A Retrospective will display original comics pages and other work covering…
On 44th Street in New York City today, right down the street from where Daniel Radcliffe is shedding Harry Potter’s robes (literally) in Equus, Stephenie Meyer is preparing to take over the mantle with her Twilight series, speaking and signing tonight at the Nokia Theater to a sold-out crowd of 2100 screaming fans that are…
[[[Fables]]] is one of the big successes of the current version of the Vertigo line, where every book has a Hollywood-style high concept: all males on Earth are killed – except one!; New York’s mayor can talk to machines!; Refugee fairytales live in the modern world! And, in another Hollywood-esque twist, Fables even has a…
My Wednesday ritual is pretty well set. I get up early enough to do a few hours of work, then go uptown to volunteer. On my way, I stop at Forbidden Planet so I can pick up the new comics. Since I live in Manhattan, I have my choice of several excellent comic shops. Forbidden…
ComicMix comes to you from Toy Fair this week, in the heart of New York City… and we have video! Okay, so it’s not exactly the "heart" of the city. It’s more like the "elbow-region," way over on the Western side of the island where the subways don’t dare to travel. But the point here…
Hey there, actors – this one’s for you: Partially disabled medical student Dr. Donald Blake discovers his heretofore unknown alter ego, the Norse warrior, Thor. That’s the film description posted in a casting call on www.auditions-auditions.com. The film is looking for non-union actors, ages 18-60, any gender, for filming in New York City. Want to…
In Save the World, a new superhero-themed play set to begin its run in Manhattan later this week, a group of powered-up heroes face trouble from both their enemies and, apparently, themselves. Created by Chris Kipiniak and Michael Barakiva, the play will open on Jan. 19 for a four-week engagement. From Playbill.com: "The superheroes of…
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